ILLINOIS GENEALOGY TRAILS

The 1870 Mortality Schedule of
Madison County, Illinois

Transcribed and Donated by
Angelia Pace

This Mortality Schedule lists only those persons who died within the one year prior to the beginning of the
census enumeration. In this case, the deaths included are those which occurred between June 1, 1869 and May
31, 1870.

The ten columns of information found in the schedule are headed as follows:

1. Number of family as given in the 2 nd column of Schedule 1
2. Name of every person who died during the year ending June 1, 1879
3. Age - Last birthday (if under one year, given in months)
4. Sex - Male (m) Female (f)
5. Color - White (w), Black (b), Mulatto (m)
6. Married (m) Widowed (w)
7. Place of birth, naming State or the county if of foreign birth
8. Month in which the person died
9. Profession, occupation or trade
10. Disease or cause of death

Column 1 is significant in that, theoretically speaking, the family of which the deceased person can be found easily
in the regular population schedule.

The usual caution should be remembered in transcribing records because of poor handwriting and one hundred percent
accuracy is impossible to achieve.